60个英语中常见的中国成语，你能说对几个？
成语是中国传统文化精髓，一则简短精辟的成语，蕴含着一个深刻的道理是中华文化的“活化石。这些成语用英语怎么表达?赶快学起来，秒变英语达人吧! 1.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 2.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. 3.时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. 4.杀鸡用牛刀 Break a butterfly on the wheel. 5.实事求是 Seek truth from facts. 6.说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes. 7.实话实说 Speak the plain truth; Call a spade a spade. 8.实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 9.山不在高，有仙则名 No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy. 10.韬光养晦 Hide one's capacities and bide one's time. 11.糖衣炮弹 Sugar-coated bullets. 12.天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. 13.团结就是力量 Unity is strength. 14.跳进黄河洗不清 Eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name. 15.歪风邪气 Unhealthy practices and evil phenomena. 16.物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together. 17.往事如风 The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas. 18.望子成龙 Hold high hopes for one's child. 19.屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. 20.文韬武略 Military expertise; military strategy. 21.唯利是图 Draw water to one's mill. 22.无源之水,无本之木 Water without a source, and a tree without roots. 23.无中生有 Make create something out of nothing. 24.无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 25.徇私枉法 Bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends. 26.新官上任三把火 A new broom sweeps clean. 27.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 28. 蓄势而发 Accumulate strength for a take-off. 29.心想事成 May all your wish come true. 30.心照不宣 Have a tacit understanding. 31.先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched. 32.先下手为强 Catch the ball before the bound. 33.像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan. 34.现身说法 Warn people by taking oneself as an example. 35.息事宁人 Pour oil on troubled waters. 36.喜忧参半 Mingled hope and fear. 37.循序渐进 Step by step. 38.一路平安，一路顺风 Speed somebody on their way. 39.严以律己,宽以待人 Be strict with oneself and lenient towards others. 40纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later. 41.有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. 42.有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks. 43. 有识之士 People of vision. 44.有勇无谋 Use brawn rather than brain. 45.有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination. 46.与时俱进 Advance with times. 47.以人为本 People oriented; people foremost. 48.因材施教 Teach students according to their aptitude. 49.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 If you want to watch more ,please go upstairs. 50.欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success. 51. 优胜劣汰 Survival of the fittest. 52.英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike. 53.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies. 54. 左右为难 Between the devil and the deep blue sea. 55.一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. 56.招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful. 57.债台高筑 Become debt-ridden. 58.致命要害 Achilles' heel. 59. 众矢之的 Target of public criticism. 60.知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
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